A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 19, 2009
JEFFERSON, Ohio — The Prime Bovine 4-H club met Jan. 25. Members discussed the December steer tagging, which included 64 beef steers and 15...
Tractor puller is ready for Last Ride
James Wood (center) accepted a trophy in 1973 for taking first place in his class at the tractor pulling championship in Louisville, Ky. Now, he's working on his final pulling tractor -- a project he calls Last Ride.
Ag tire production keeps on rolling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- They're round and black and unless you're a farmer, you don't give farm tires a second thought.The ag world, however, has...
CWT removes more than 50,000 cows
ARLINGTON, Va. — Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has finished the farm audits of its sixth herd retirement round since the program started in 2003,...
Geese around airports are more than a nuisance
Chances are, the flock of geese that U.S Airways Flight 1549 flew through Jan. 15 before crash landing in the Hudson River was not composed of migrating birds, according to wildlife experts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
National Farm Machinery Show visitors, exhibitors ‘cautiously optimistic’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Farmers were looking, perhaps dreaming a little, but many were also spending. Farm equipment and allied industry exhibitors were smiling, perhaps...
Poachers pay $13,277 for illegally killing trophy buck
Fine is largest to date involving Ohio’s updated restitution value for wildlife.
Chronic wasting disease not detected in Ohio deer
COLUMBUS -- For the seventh straight year, testing of Ohio's deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease, a degenerative brain disease...
Pa. Association for Sustainable Agriculture partners with Food Alliance to create “sustainable ag certification”
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- At the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's 18th annual Farming for the Future Conference, executive director Brian Snyder announced...
Ohio Pork Producers Council recognize award winners
COLUMBUS -- Williams County Pork Producers received the Pork Promoter of the Year Award from the Ohio Pork Producers Council for their promotional efforts...
